Description of a new genus of <I>Oceanitido</I>

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^A.

RiDGWAY

o/i Nc-v Birds

from

the

Bahama

Islands. [J"ly

bands nearly as broad as the

brown

interspaces.

Male: Wing,

4.25;

tail,2.20; culnien, .35; tarsus,.75.

Female: Wing,

4.05; ^tail, 1.90; cul-

men,

.35^; tarsus, .70. (Types,Nos.49,678. ^'•(?,"and_50,765, ^"$^,"U. S.

Nat.Mus., SocorroI.; Col. A._J. Gra3'son,collector.)

DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS OF OCEANITID.^.

BV ROBKKT RIDGWAY.

Pealea, gen. nov.

Char. —

Similar to Ocea?titesKeys.

&

Bias., but claws very broad, ^flat, and blunt(as in

Pelagodroma

Reich.), the tarsus exceeding themiddle toewith claw bythe length of the culmen ^{(to nasal tube),} and the first quillequaltoorlongerthan thethird.

Type, Thalassidromaliueata Peale.

The

type-speciesiscoloredabove

much

likeOceanifcsoceanicus,but very differentlybeneath, thebellyandflanksbeing white

marked

with wedge- shapedstripesof dusky.

Some

of the under wing-coverts are likewise white,asisalso the basal pcirtion of the rectrices.

The webs

of thefeet arewhollydusky.

The

tarsiarebooted, as in Oceanitcs.

The

genus is

named

in honorof Mr.TitianR. Peale,the veryaccom- plishednaturalistof theUnitedStatesE.xploring Expeditionunder

Com- modore

Wilkes.

DESCRIPTION OF FOUR NEW ^SPECIES OF BIRDS

FROM TPIE BAHAMA ISLANDS.*

BY ROBERT RIDG\VAY.

I. Geothlypis coryi, ^sp. nov.

Sp.

Char. —

^In

plumage much

resembling G. beldingi, nobis (from

Lower

California), but yellow of lowerpartswithless ofan orange tint, thesidesand upperpartswithoutanyolive-browntinge,theflanks bright greenish yellow,andtheyellow posteriorbordertothe black^'

mask

^'

much

narrower, and less purely yellow.

Form

very ^different, the bill about twiceas large,andofdifferentshape.

Female

verydifferentfrom thatof

any

other

known

species,beingbright olive-greenaboveandentirelypure

* Published with permission oftheDirectoroftheNational Museum.